To the untrained eye, an indigenous orchard can look like a trackless wilderness. In truth, many places that Westerners think of as “wild” are far from it. In many parts of the tropics, for example, local people have produced and managed forests consciously and precisely, often in ways that have been sustained for hundreds or… Read More

On 22 September, the first day of fall, fire season in many parts of the United States should have been winding down, yet the U.S. National Interagency Fire Center reported 38 large wildfires still burning in the west (1). These fires alone had burned more than 1.4 million acres (approximately the size of the state… Read More